MarcxD Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 May-June 2022 It happened! Champions for the third time in 5 seasons... I had foreseen much more seasons in the Segunda for sure. We've been strong throughout the year and the opposition was not as strong as I had assumed at the start. I do love the social feed at times. Laughed out loud at some of these... "Almost wish we hadn't won the title!" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Season Review 2021-2022 The best players were Barcelona loanees and that sums up the troubles I foresee for next season since their affiliation with us will end since we'll be playing in the same division next year. Elsewhere new players like Diaby, Aizpiri, Djiallo and others have performed well, and in the last couple of games there were debuts for youth players Segovia and Delgado. Best Elevens: Also, I have become a F.C. Andorra Icon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Superb achievement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Nice work. Lol at the fan that said he "almost' wishes you didn't win 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Let's get it started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Great read congratulations for getting to the top division Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 19 hours ago, john1 said: Superb achievement 19 hours ago, kidthekid said: Nice work. Lol at the fan that said he "almost' wishes you didn't win 6 hours ago, Toffle said: Let's get it started! 5 hours ago, Crispypaul said: Great read congratulations for getting to the top division Thank you all so much! The new season should be interesting... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) Season Preview 2022-2023 We are still in our super tiny stadium and the board is not relenting on it. I've asked for a new stadium a couple of times but the answer has been no every time bar once, and then the local council denied it or something like that. And that was two years ago under the previous board. Hopefully this will change soon. Financially surely we are in an amazing place right now, this money should help us a lot in the long term regardless if we stay up in La Liga or not. The budgets have increased, of course. I have changed them around so I'm spending about 6M in wages p/a right now which of course is nothing compared to the money coming in, so next year the budgets should get a big jump if we stay up. The board has granted some other improvements, and facilities improvements have been granted earlier so there's good news on that front. These were the odds at the start of the season, at the end of the transfer window my odds dropped a bit to 850-1. It's not a big surprise we're predicted to finish last. The goal will be to finish 17th or higher, since the bottom 3 are relegated. It might be possible. We ended above Oviedo and Valladolid last year and teams like Gijon and Alavés should be beatable. Against all the other teams we'll need some good luck and hopefully the results go our way a bit. Not looking forward to all the huge defeats against the top 8 or so clubs... Of course it was a busy transfer window. Most of the transfers I've done have been (very) young players who could become very good players in the future and some of them are immediate big improvements. Note a player named Guimaraes I signed from the club Guimaraes. Quality regen naming. A lot of the talents I have signed before and some from this year I loaned out, added to the players I wanted to offload because they weren't good enough. One of the players I've loaned about to another club named Andorra, sadly they are not actually based in Andorra but in Spain. Segovia and Pinto, two of the more promising youth players have been loaned out as well since the youth facilities here are so poor and I hope competitive experience helps their development out. Time will tell if that was a smart move of course... The friendlies were hardly a big success with the team needing to gel and all that. At least I'm happy that we ended with some wins. Edited October 4, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 August 2022 A sublime start to the season with an away win and then of course we were hammered by Real Madrid but we did actually manage to score a goal! Not sure this is a record we want to have but okay. Sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 September 2022 Actually another pretty good month I guess because those losses were unavoidable. We were lucky to get a point in Malaga but we did dominate the match against Valladolid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) October 2022 Decent results all around with two expected losses and almost a win against Athletic (they scored the 2-2 in extra time). Still very close, of course. Edited October 4, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 November 2022 Not a great month really... 1 goal, 1 point. Tough games though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 December 2022 No losses which is nice but not a lot of points here either! Happily surprised to go through in the cup, after two extra time goals in very short succession. I have the feeling that the relegation battle might be tense for a while yet... Got a bunch of job offers again but they were from clubs around us in the table like Malaga, Celta and Deportivo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Good start so far, including a game in hand, hopefully against a bad team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GryphonFlick Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Definitely a good start to life in the top division. Getting points against teams like Valencia and Bilbao is very encouraging stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Solid start to life in the top tier. Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 9 hours ago, kidthekid said: Good start so far, including a game in hand, hopefully against a bad team. Granada at home, and there are a couple of games more in January perhaps that we can win. 9 hours ago, GryphonFlick said: Definitely a good start to life in the top division. Getting points against teams like Valencia and Bilbao is very encouraging stuff. Absolutely, the unexpected points are the best imo. 8 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: Solid start to life in the top tier. Well done! Thank you, appreciate it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Decent start to life in La Liga Shame the board didn't expand the stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 9 hours ago, john1 said: Decent start to life in La Liga Shame the board didn't expand the stadium Thanks, too bad about the board but at one point they're going to have to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 January 2023 A tough month with some hard games, of course we went out in the cup against Barcelona but it was very nice to see us draw at home. I was hoping for better results against Granada and Gijon though. We really needed the win against Oviedo, a rival relegation candidate. We're still above the drop for now but oh my it's still so close. The facilities have been upgraded and the board right away approved a youth facilities upgrade for next season. Here are the transfers I've done since august. Out were a bunch of loans again, some of these players I loaned out before but recalled and loaned out to another club since they weren't playing enough. Incoming were some more players for the first team. Pedro is the most expensive purchase yet, he's a young and talented Brazilian striker. Hopefully he can get started right away because scoring goals is a problem for me right now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) February 2023 A really good month results-wise at least, although the football has been lacking! 5 points lead now to the drop zone but I'm not confident at all... 12 games to play it's going to remain tense. Training facilities will be upgraded next season too! Edited October 5, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Youth Intake 2023 This one needed its own post. You'll soon see why. I can't remember having such a youth intake with so many PA and decent CA to start with. Of course this also shows that we still have a very long way to go and much room for improvement as far as the first team squad is concerned! The first of two exciting DM's, luckily a position I'm actually using - a ball winning midfielder as well. Pretty good determination, really good aggression, tackling and teamwork! Marking and bravery could be better but this could really be something. Great hope for the Andorran national team certainly and hopefully a player for me at some point. DM #2. Could be even better. Technically he is better than Aguirre, mentally maybe a bit weaker but his teamwork and work rate stats are really good. Fairly professional as well. Remember me being cautiously excited about Delgado last year... well this left back could be much better. Fairly professional again. Poor determination but perhaps that can be fixed. Dribbling, crossing, marking and tackling already decent. There's attacking talent as well, and this guy is fairly professional as well. Messed up the screenshot a bit so his technique stat will remain a secret for now..... but he could be decent. This guy is a little bit problematic since I don't use AMC's! What to do with him? I'm thinking AMR since there are no talents on that position, and his attributes could work there. Making him a striker with composure 4 doesn't seem all that great of an idea. And then there's the goalkeeper who also looks pretty exciting. Since I'm using a sweeper keeper in my tactic his passing attribute of 1 is problematic but most regen keepers have that I have noticed. This update has made me far more interested in using my own youth players of course! Edited October 5, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) March 2023 Only 3 league games in March had to be played so I arranged two friendlies. The league games were tough and the results seem good when you look at draws against much better teams in Villarreal and Sevilla, but losing against relegation rivals Alavés soured the mood. The friendies were comfortable wins although the opposition was pretty decent. Predo finally scored some goals, may he do the same in some official matches. Things are not looking any better, although we have a game in hand. Edited October 5, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 April 2023 Oh.... this is not looking good at all. The results this month were not really worse than you would expect but they weren't better either, except for perhaps the draw against Athletic. Three more games. We need to finish above Deportivo (or Malaga) and keep Alavés and Oviedo behind us. It will not be easy. Real Madrid has won the league and dominated but that's really none of my business at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Two games left. Oh dear. We could make it. We could finish 20th. ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 3 teams on 33 points and with a whole lot of luck Alavés could even still make it as well. I have the "easiest" opponent in Granada (away) while Oviedo will be playing Valencia (away) and Deportivo will face champions Real Madrid (at home). Nail biting stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MarcxD Posted October 5, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2017 What a result Oviedo got. Incredibly Deportivo have beaten Real Madrid at home. But we've beaten Granada!! 3 teams on 36 points and in the end Deportivo were the unlucky ones..... What an end to the season. We stayed up though! Another season in La Liga. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 You had me at the edge of my seat. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Can't believe you resigned as Andorra manager just before they got their golden generation Congrats on survival Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Clutch win!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Woohoo!!! Congrats on survival!!! What an end to the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Doing really well! Let's see if those new kids help the national team! Without understanding the area, is there a reason so many regens are Andorran-Portugese? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 9 hours ago, Rikulec said: You had me at the edge of my seat. Well done. Thank you, I felt the same when playing! 9 hours ago, enigmatic said: Can't believe you resigned as Andorra manager just before they got their golden generation Congrats on survival Haha yeah hopefully I have the chance to return to that job later on. Cheers. 8 hours ago, kidthekid said: Clutch win!!! Hell yeah! 4 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: Woohoo!!! Congrats on survival!!! What an end to the season. Thanks!! 48 minutes ago, Lenzar said: Doing really well! Let's see if those new kids help the national team! Without understanding the area, is there a reason so many regens are Andorran-Portugese? Thank you! I don't know a lot about Andorra but it seems there are (relatively speaking of course) a lot of Portuguese people in Andorra. (14% according to Wikipedia) But it does seem a bit weird that there are only Portuguese second nationalities and no French or Spanish. The Andorran league in-game is dominated by Lusitans and they only get Portuguese regens (with no Andorran second nationality!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Season Review 2022-2023 A lot of young players in the team with potential but some players will need to be replaced ASAP. The minutes played stat here for Tuhami and Delgado is not correct, maybe it's counting the times they played for u19s. Star-players Aragoneses and Delgado have had much interest in them already but I've given them new contracts with really high minimum fees. I will really need a new striker since the young guys I brought in just aren't ready yet for this level, they've been really poor. The loanee striker did best, but while I had a optional future fee for him he didn't really want to join so he's not staying. As a result of this season I'm a club legend. Best Elevens: At the very least I will be able to invest next year, and give players extended deals. The club is getting wealthier and wealthier of course. So they finally decided to upgrade the stadium. The game kept on saying that there was only an expansion possibility of 5K Seats so I kept on asking for a new stadium but I guess somehow it was actually possible to go to 15K seats. The club only needs to pay half of the costs so I guess all in all it's a pretty good deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Unbelievable achievement staying up. I'm just hoping and praying we don't see second season syndrome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 58 minutes ago, andychar said: Unbelievable achievement staying up. I'm just hoping and praying we don't see second season syndrome! Thank you. I hope so too! The team should be stronger this year at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) Just to show how much my players are being used by the Andorran national teams: Also, some of the talents from the last intake are already wanted by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético... Edit: Barcelona just offered 7M for Aguirre(yp6a).... I think I will accept since Garcia is also a hugely talented DM. Edited October 6, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Great work surviving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Absolutely fantastic to stay up on last day Good to see internationals are picking your players Garcia looks very promising player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Amazing and dramatical survival!! Congratulations!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 19 hours ago, deltablue said: Great work surviving. Cheers! 17 hours ago, john1 said: Absolutely fantastic to stay up on last day Good to see internationals are picking your players Garcia looks very promising player Thanks, I'm excited about Garcia too - if he stops being angry at me for not letting him go to Real Madrid! 6 hours ago, Sheriff7 said: Amazing and dramatical survival!! Congratulations!! Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Pre-Season 2023-2024 Predicted to finish last again and with worse odds than last year. I'm guessing that this has to do mainly with the promoted clubs - especially Betis and Zaragoza are big clubs. The goal will be to finish 17th or higher once again. To do this I've done the business a bit different this year, I've not signed a lot of young talents but just a few players that are mostly first team material. Luis Viva from Lusitans is the only player strictly for the future (or resale), the rest are for right now. Outgoing are a lot of loans again and you'll see I decided to sell Aguirre(yp6a) to Barcelona. They and Real and Atlético (and other clubs) were also offering for some of the other talents but I rejected all of their bids for the others. As I said above the reason I let him go was because I might actually prefer Garcia(yp6b). My Assistant went a bit crazy and arranged 10 friendlies, which went very well with the new players. New striker Simms scored a lot of goals so I hope he can do that in the league as well. I've gotten two more upgrades here so hopefully we can keep getting great youngsters in through the academy. For most of last season I had stuck to the tactic I had been playing in the lower leagues and that meant using a control or even an attacking approach to the game. That might not have been the smartest approach... even though we did get good results. I will be trying to play a bit more on a counter mentality this season, especially in away games. I actually used that in the last 2 games of the season which as you might remember went quite well. Edited October 7, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) August-September 2023 Wow, the start to the season has been amazing! The counter tactic has worked with 2 away wins (and only a 0-1 loss against Barcelona). The problem is that all the clubs are getting a lot of points, and the lowest clubs on the table will not stay there! Athletic and Sevilla will obviously rebound from this, while smaller clubs like Gijon, Valladolid and Elche have all started really well too. 8th place is amazing though, certainly when you take into account that the two losses were against Barcelona and Atlético. Edited October 8, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) October 2023 Another good month, although there were only 3 league games - I arranged a friendly during the international break. Still very well positioned on the table obviously! Edited October 8, 2017 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Great start, absolutely no shame losing to the top three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Looks like the counter mentality worked wonders. I'm hoping you get a wonderkid from Andorra eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 11 hours ago, Rikulec said: Great start, absolutely no shame losing to the top three. Thank you, I agree completely 8 hours ago, kidthekid said: Looks like the counter mentality worked wonders. I'm hoping you get a wonderkid from Andorra eventually. I'm already excited about the players I got in last year but 'the Andorran Messi' does have a ring to it! Perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 November 2023 Honestly, I don't know how this is possible. The players should not be beating Villarreal, Sevilla and drawing Valencia. I like it, obviously, but I don't get it! 5th... ??? I don't even know what to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 December 2023 Another good month against some weaker opposition with a couple of league wins and through to the 5th round of the Cup, where we'll face Betis. Almost halfway the season and we're in fourth... I still don't understand how! Almost at last year's total points as well... I can't remember having a season where I just don't understand why things are going so well! The last coaching course is done as well, and another landmark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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